Neil Doak’s side end winless campaign with 15-12 defeat in Treviso
Ireland could have few complaints about the outcome at Stadio Monigo. They conceded two tries while Italy had a man in the bin in the opening quarter and never managed to get on top of the home side who will have nine of this squad underage again next year.
Indeed, it was the Italians, who had got off the mark with an early penalty from outhalf Pietro Celi, who struck for a brace of tries while down to 14 men. The Italians pushed on from there and poor pillar defence in front of the posts was punished when temporary hooker replacement Alessio Caiolo-Serra dashed in for a converted try on 12 minutes.
Another yellow card for Italy, this time for flanker Anthony Miranda for killing the ball, gave Ireland another big advantage after 52 minutes and they struck just before the home side were restored to 15 men.
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